Listen "Founder and CEO of Nearfield Instruments, Hamed Sadeghian, about scaling up in a highly capital intensive industry."
Episode Synopsis
In 2016, Hamed Sadeghian co-founded Nearfield Instruments together with Roland van Vliet as a spin out from TNO. Nearfield has since then become a leader in semiconductor metrology solutions, with offices in Eindhoven and Rotterdam, employing over a 100 people.Hamed received his PhD cum laude in 2010 from Delft University of Technology in nano-mechatronics systems design. He holds more than 60 patents, has authored over 100 papers and co-authored a number of books. Hamed also holds an MBA from Vlerick Business School in Leuven. In this episode, we'll cover the following topics:Scaling up in a highly capital intensive industry;Building a strong leadership team;Preparing the road to IPO;Links mentioned:People: Hamed Sadeghian, Roland van Vliet, Roelof Veldhuizen, Gillian Soeteman Companies: Nearfield Instruments, TNO, TU Delft, Vlerick Business School, TSMC, Invest-NL Publications: Publications Hamed SadeghianMedia: ASML's Architects Other: Moore's Law
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